<b>Breakfast with Benjamin:</b> Despite still-tepid economic growth and few signs of inflation, Janet Yellen and her colleagues at the Federal Reserve will lift rates in September for one major reason.
It isn't just global shocks that may support Treasuries &mdash; while jobs are back and business confidence is growing, wages remain stagnant.
The precious metal stays in trading range as Greece lives on the edge of default due to tepid inflation, muted demand for gold from China and a strong U.S. dollar.
Firm faces challenge convincing broker-dealers to sell a new type of investment product.
Advisers should resist the urge to shift their dividend-stock assets into bonds as interest rates rise and instead consider dividend swaps and futures, as well as option combinations.
How these funds fared in the second quarter of 2015
Company also has fund ready for weakness in the greenback, which will maximize holdings in exporters.
Sector funds give specialist managers an opportunity to shine during a long bull market.
The firm and its fund distributor will pay $40 million to settle claims in what the SEC says is 'first' in an ongoing series of investigations.
The upside of avoiding energy stocks and the pain of a strong dollar.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The financial sector has been a laggard and in fact hasn't been an early cycle winner since 2011. But the picture is getting brighter.
From movie posters and Hermes Birkin handbags to Apple 1 computers and Nobel Prize medals, these alternative investments score big.
The benchmark equities gauge rose 0.1% to end Monday at 2,128.28, after briefly rising above its record closing level of 2,130.82 during the session.
Rising rates might hurt REITs initially, but they could benefit from a strengthening economy. <b><i>(Plus: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20150712/REITS2015" target="_blank">Our Focus on REITs special report</a>)</b></i>
Long-time investment manager led the firm to become world's largest mutual fund company at its peak.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Earnings season started out strong but weak numbers from bellwethers like Apple are slamming the brakes on the market's rally. Buckle up.
The myriad of options now available in the market makes choosing the right ETFs a challenge, particularly for complex portfolios.
It's not that there are fewer decreases in U.S. equities &mdash; it's that declines have gotten longer, averaging almost two days, and the rebounds are weakening.
The idea that one could profit from buying a stock as soon as possible after its addition to an index is announced, then selling it when it enters the index is tempting.
Past patterns show that Carl Icahn's worries about havoc in the market are not grounded in fact.
